Grimm’s Frog King App Review

Sep 06, 12 Grimm’s Frog King App Review

Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Featured, German, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, Kindergarten (5-6), Lite/Freemium Available, Paid Apps, Storybooks

Grimm’s Frog King is a classically illustrated, lightly interactive, and fully narrated version of this classic folktale presented for today’s children. Complete with English and German versions, and both traditional and quirky retellings, the app also includes a wealth of fun, educational extras for a pleasant storytelling experience that could still benefit from some refinements.

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Oolly App – App Review

Feb 19, 12 Oolly App – App Review

Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Early Learning, Featured, Fine Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills, First Words, Foreign Language, French, German, iPad, Kindergarten (5-6), Life Skills, Paid Apps, Preschool (2-4), Sorting/Categorizing, Spanish, Special Needs, Thinking Skills

Oolly’s winning combination of pre-writing motor skill practice, sorting and categorization thinking skills are presented in an adorable, engaging educational game. I’ve never seen such a fun way of developing and strengthening the pincer grip – Oolly both encourages the correct grip and keeps children coming back for more! Irresistibly fun.

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The Adventures of Robin Hood App Review

Feb 17, 12 The Adventures of Robin Hood App Review

Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Dutch, Featured, Foreign Language, French, German, Golden App Award, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindergarten (5-6), Language Arts, Paid Apps, Portuguese, Preschool (2-4), Readers, Reading, Spanish, Storybooks, Vocabulary

The Adventures of Robin Hood has only strengthened my opinion that the multilingual storybook apps produced by Chocolapps (previously So Ouat!) provide the most feature-filled read along experience available in children’s storybook apps today.

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